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Employee Spotlight: Holly Lin, Business Operations Manager
Our mission at Instawork is to create economic opportunities for local businesses and professionals, globally. In order to achieve that mission, we have built a team composed of talented and hard-working individuals who are passionate about connecting skilled hourly professionals with local businesses who need their services.
Why Louisville’s horse racing events are the ideal time for businesses to use flexible workers
Louisville is known for many things, from bourbon to baseball bats. But once a year, the attention of horse racing enthusiasts from across the world hones in on the Gateway to the South.
Kentucky Derby festivities and related tourism events are expected to generate more than 36 million dollars and attendance in the hundreds of thousands. For area businesses, it’s a high stakes week necessitating extra hands on deck to keep everything running smoothly for customers.
[Case study] Life Surge staffs a nationwide series of conferences with Instawork Professionals
Key takeaways
- Despite working with numerous agencies and platforms, Life Surge had difficulties finding enough reliable, skilled professionals for the large-scale, faith-based events they hold across the country.
- Once Life Surge switched to Instawork for staffing, their fill rate averaged nearly 100% and quality of staff improved significantly.
- Not only has Life Surge saved time and money, but they are now confident enough to expand the size of their events, knowing they will be able to source as many as 350 staff members per event through Instawork.
How businesses in St. Louis are finding skilled workers using Instawork’s AI capabilities
Businesses across the country are exploring how to use AI to benefit their bottom line - but Instawork is already way ahead of the game.
That’s because the platform leverages AI technology and more than 30 data points to best match businesses, Instawork Partners, with qualified and reliable workers, Instawork Pros, in their area. This eases the burden for businesses when traditional ways of staffing can take days or weeks to fill a single role.
[Case study] How Goo Goo Cluster increased wholesale shipping 300% using Instawork Professionals
Key takeaways
- A popular candy company has staffing challenges due to increased demand during busy seasonal periods.
- The Instawork platform proved far easier to use than their legacy staffing solution and Instawork Professionals outperformed past workers.
- Goo Goo Cluster's partnership with Instawork gives them confidence for expanding their future operations.
Employee Spotlight: Shannon Norris, Sr. Sales Manager
Our mission at Instawork is to create economic opportunities for local businesses and professionals, globally. In order to achieve that mission, we have built a team composed of talented and hard-working individuals who are passionate about connecting skilled hourly professionals with local businesses who need their services.
Why working at baseball stadiums is the perfect summer side hustle
Baseball is back and fans are excited! Want to be there to witness the home runs personally? Instawork has you covered!
As all 30 professional baseball teams take the field this week for Opening Day, Instawork Pros will be working shifts at more than half these stadiums to help fans enjoy “America’s favorite pastime.”
Employee Spotlight: Utkarsh Bansal, Senior Software Engineer
Our mission at Instawork is to create economic opportunities for local businesses and professionals, globally. In order to achieve that mission, we have built a team composed of talented and hard-working individuals who are passionate about connecting skilled hourly professionals with local businesses who need their services.
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